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Divided into four descriptive sections -- "Theory and the Ethicsof Literary Text," "Confronting the Difficult: The Ethics of Race and Power,""Making Darkness Visible: The Ethical Implications of Narrative as Witness," and"Ways of Seeing: The Diversity of Applied Ethical Criticism" -- this unprecedentedcollection of essays traces the interpretive, pedagogic, and theoretical concernsinherent in the study of literature, ethics, and modes of criticism. Wayne C.Booth's "Why Ethical Criticism Can Never Be Simple," J. Hillis Miller's "How to Be'in Tune with the Right' in The Golden Bowl," Susan Gubar's "Poets of Testimony,"and Martha C. Nussbaum's "Exactly and Responsibly: A Defense of Ethical Criticism"are among the fifteen essays included. Bringing together ethical criticism's mostimportant theorists, Mapping the Ethical Turn is a cohesive introduction to areading paradigm that continues to influence the ways in which we think and feelabout the stories that mark our lives.

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This book introduces major philosophical theories and issues in the context of the contemporary debate about the so-called culture wars in American society. It is designed to make these theories come alive as they are related to these vital contemporary concerns and to provide a framework within which to assess the ongoing debate about the future direction of Western culture. As a book in ethical theory, it is designed to provide the framework for clear and comprehensive thinking about our cultural development. Classical ethical positions like cultural relativism, emotivism, egoism, hedonism, utilitarianism and theorists like Kant are introduced and assessed. The contemporary theorists John Rawls and Alasdair MacIntyre are given extensive treatment and made accessible to the introductory student in philosophy. "Culture War and Ethical Theory" exhibits a non-ptolemical tone as it relates these theories, for heuristic purposes, to the contrasting perspective of fundamentalism and secular humanism. These two viewpoints are treated fairly without pretense of thorough exposition. They were chosen because they set the contemporary debate in stark relief. Thus, they assist the reader in understanding the relationship of philosophical reflection to commonly held perspectives. ... Read more

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hats off - and an offer
A useful guide - intelligent and thorough without cumbersome complexity. Please, though - please! - pay me to edit your book! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Awell written and thought provoking book.
This book provided me w/ plenty of food for thought on a very difficult subject - religion.The author makes a very strong case for one based on ethics, as opposed to one based on dogma and creed, which appealed to me ona lot of different levels. I recommend it to anyone trying to construct afaith that they can truly believe in. ... Read more

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Working Across Cultures was the general theme of the 9thAnnual Conference of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN),which took place at the Lufthansa Training Center, Seeheim, Germany,in September 1996. Representatives from both the business scene anddifferent academic disciplines discussed perspectives for ethicalsolutions of managing dilemmas in a world of cultural diversity, wherediffering norms and values are at the heart of all activities ofmultinational corporations.
Among the multifaceted discussion, three special focuses attractedparticular attention. The first highlight was set by Peter Duncan, CEOof Shell Germany, who addressed the conference theme with thebackground of Shell's dramatic experiences in the Brent Spar andNigeria affairs.
Second, renowned experts discussed the problem of internationalcorruption, which was significantly introduced with a keynote addressby Hon. Frene Ginwala, Speaker of the South African Republic'sParliament. Third, the role of values in corporate transformation wasdebated from the perspective of leading European firms.
This book is a collection of the most interesting and topicalpresentations of the conference, which should be of interest forbusiness and academic people who are concerned with ethical advancesin intercultural business activities. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Written for students or practicioners who struggle to understand how to authentically integrate faith and practice, the book identifies the central life-shaping theme of biblical Christian ethics--the reign of God. Divided into three parts, this informative guide asks what it means to be a Christian and a therapist, sketching out that perspective's resulting ethic. ... Read more

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A History of Ethical Humanist Religion
Like other books on Humanism that I have read recently, this book focuses on the history of the movement with particular attention to those events experienced by the author.The author promotes Ethical Culture and Humanism but his background leans toward the former.As the focus is on the history, the coverage of the beliefs is a bit vague.I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the history of Ethical Culture or Humanism as a religion. ... Read more

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Like Alice following the white rabbit into a topsy-turvy world where the laws of logic don't apply, subversive thinking unearths the mysteries behind the mundane.
Tracking the White Rabbit is a fascinating, original work that invites us to use depth psychology to challenge our deepest assumptions about world politics, theology, social norms, everyday speech, and usual ideas of sex and emotion. ... Read more

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A manifesto against blandness
Tracking the White Rabbit is one of those pleasant surprises I plucked off a library shelf one day.It is a collection of essays by a Jungian psychologist on a wide range of topics, from politically controversial topics like abortion and homosexuality to eccentricity and the art of cursing.The common thread that runs through all of the essays is a solid rejection of a banal "normalcy" and the pathologization of strong emotion.Two of my favorite pieces were "Feeding the Psyche" and "Blue Notes."In "Feeding the Psyche" Cowan rails against the "junk" words of modern psychology (pop and otherwise) that would reduce all discussion of human emotion to vague terms like "co-dependency" and "issues."In "Blue Notes," she discusses the value of melancholy and it's relation to thoughtfulness and memory. This is a great little book to explore if you believe in the human right to experience the entire range of your emotions deeply and passionately and feel psychically assaulted by the insane modern pressure to take your Prozac and learn to think positive 24-7. ... Read more